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6 p.m. on FOX 2018 MLS Cup
The culmination of the 2018 Major League Soccer season comes tonight at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, as the Atlanta United vies against the Portland Timbers in the 2018 MLS Cup. Last year, Toronto FC defeated the Seattle Sounders FC 2-0 in the title game — but the defending champs failed to qualify for the postseason.
6 p.m. on FREE Disney’s Fairy Tale Weddings: Holiday Magic
Married dancers and choreographers Allison Holker and Stephen “tWitch” Boss co-host this all-new installment of enchanting nuptial ceremonies at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. Since those Disney geniuses rarely miss a marketing opportunity, this year’s special throws a spotlight on the company’s huge Christmas movie release, Mary Poppins Returns. Country music superstar Martina McBride also performs.
6 p.m. on HALL Movie: Homegrown Christmas
After spending years successfully running her own company, shoe designer Maddie (Lori Loughlin, pictured) sells the business and accepts her mother’s (Gwyneth Walsh) invitation to come home for Christmas and reconnect with her family. Her younger sister, Hallie (Kate Isaac), gives her a chilly reception, and things aren’t very comfortable with Carter (Victor Webster), the former beau she abandoned to move to New York. As Maddie begins to mend fences, another tempting business prospect lands in her lap.
6 p.m. on LIFE Movie: Santa’s Boots
Holly (Megan Hilty) isn’t expecting anything unusual when she makes her annual Christmas trip back to her hometown, where she’s blindsided by the news that the family department store is teetering on the brink of foreclosure. Pitching in as Santa’s helper, Holly takes an instant liking to Nick (Noah Mills), the store’s surprisingly young Santa. As Christmas looms, however, Nick abruptly disappears, leaving Holly to search for him with only one clue: a black boot he left behind.
9 p.m. on HBO Movie: Ready Player One
Ernest Cline co-adapted his own bestselling 2011 sci-fi novel for Steven Spielberg’s 2018 adventure, which uses a combination of live-action and animation to conjure the dystopian near future of 2045. There, much of humanity retreats into OASIS, a virtual-reality software program, to escape their bleak surroundings. Wade (Tye Sheridan) discovers clues to a hidden game in the program that will deliver a life-changing reward to the winner.